Haranomachi Station

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LocationAsahi-cho 2-27-2, Haramachi-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 975-0004
Japan
Coordinates37°38′16″N 140°58′16″E / 37.6378°N 140.9711°E / 37.6378; 140.9711
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line
Haranomachi Station

原ノ町駅
Haranomachi Station in October 2020
General information
LocationAsahi-cho 2-27-2, Haramachi-ku, Minamisōma-shi, Fukushima-ken 975-0004
Japan
Coordinates37°38′16″N 140°58′16″E / 37.6378°N 140.9711°E / 37.6378; 140.9711
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line
Distance286.9 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1259
History
Opened3 April 1898; 126 years ago (1898-04-03)
Passengers
FY2020838 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Namie
towards Shinagawa
Hitachi Soma
towards Sendai
Iwaki-Ota
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Kashima
towards Sendai
Location
Haranomachi Station is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Haranomachi Station
Haranomachi Station
Location within Fukushima Prefecture
Haranomachi Station is located in Japan
Haranomachi Station
Haranomachi Station
Haranomachi Station (Japan)

Haranomachi Station (原ノ町駅, Haranomachi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Minamisōma, Fukushima, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Haranomachi Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 286.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori.

Station layout

The station has a side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket counter.

Platforms

1  Joban Line for Iwanuma and Sendai
2  Joban Line for Odaka, Namie, Tomioka, Iwaki, Takahagi, Hitachi and Mito
3  Joban Line for Iwanuma and Sendai

History

The station building in April 1990

Haranomachi Station opened on 3 April 1898.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

The station in December 2012, with the two stranded trains visible on the left

Train services from the station were suspended following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. From 21 December 2011, limited services were restored on the section of the Joban Line between Haranomachi and Sōma.[2]

In March 2016, the two trains, a four-car 651 series (Super Hitachi) EMU and a 415-1500 series EMU, stranded at the station since the March 2011 tsunami, were removed by road for scrapping.[3]

The section of the Joban Line between Odaka and Haranomachi reopened on 12 July 2016.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1024 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
20002,336[6]
20051,991[7]
20101,679[8]
2011
2012619[9]
2013613[10]
2014593[11]
2015609[12]

Surrounding area

  • former Haramachi City Hall
  • Haramachi Post Office
  • National Route 6
  • Road Station Minamisoma

See also

References

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